A La Carte Service

Get your writing to the best-suited agents and editors—fast—with our A La Carte Service!

We will research the 25+ best-suited markets for your work! Our A La Carte Service is a great value, there’s no long-term commitment, and you don’t need Review Board approval to sign up.

SAVE TIME and MONEY! Combine your legwork with our expertise to keep costs down.

What is A La Carte?

We research and determine the 25+ markets most likely to enjoy your work, and we prepare corresponding hard copy mailing labels and addresses for e-submissions (with up-to-date contact information). We make your submission process a whole lot easier.

Check out our A La Carte PLUS service to see how we can create your cover or query letters too! 

You’ll also get a BONUS packet of specific submission and formatting tips. AND you’ll receive online access to a database listing all of your submissions for 30 days!

Consider this: To send out 25+ well-targeted and well-prepared submissions, you’ll need to research MORE than just the 25+ markets that might like your work; you’ll need to research (and rule out) the hundreds of markets that are not right for your work as well.

We can take that tedious task off your hands!

You can order this service for yourself OR for a writer friend!

A La Carte Clients receive these time-saving services:
  • A CUSTOM list of 25+ literary venues that specialize in YOUR type of writing. (Your work will be targeted to the best markets based on the topics, word count, etc. of the particular piece [or group of poems] you’re submitting.)
  • Self-adhesive labels (one for each contact) containing the most up-to-date address information. These labels make it very easy for you to mail your own submissions.
  • Interactive PDF for electronic submissions.
  • An online database that lists all your submissions. You’ll have access to your submission list 24 hours a day for 30 days.
  • BONUS: We will also include a FREE packet of informational tip sheets that will teach you all the insider’s secrets we have gathered and used since 1994. We want you to be successful. Following these guidelines (including sample format sheets, submission do’s and don’ts, etc.) will ensure that your work is well-prepared, which will, in turn, ensure a good read.

After enjoying publication success as a Full Service client of Writer’s Relief, I brought out a book of poems. After a couple of years, I returned as an A La Carte client. Due to the excellent targeting by Writer’s Relief, I received two acceptances in my first submission cycle and have enjoyed three more acceptances since then. The staff is unfailingly helpful, friendly, and encouraging, and the bottom line is, the Writer’s Relief system WORKS!! I wholeheartedly recommend Writer’s Relief to any aspiring writer who wants the satisfaction of seeing his or her creative efforts rewarded by publication.

~Robert C.

What you DON’T get with A La Carte Service

Because our A La Carte Service clients do not receive the full benefits of our Full Service clients, the acceptance rate for our Full Service clients tends to be higher. But many writers have published using our A La Carte Services. What you will not receive is: manuscript formatting and proofreading (important factors in putting your best foot forward), submission tracking, a personal submission strategist, cover or query letters (strategic composition, proofreading, individually addressing, and printing), limitless online access to your submissions, and other submission fundamentals. If you’re interested in a more inclusive service, check out our Full Service program.

How Does The A La Carte Process Work?

In order to create a CUSTOM list for you, we will need you to provide topics covered in your work. We make this very EASY for you by giving you access to our online Work Cover checklist. Tell us a little about your work, and rest assured that we always protect and respect all of our writers’ confidential documents.

Our database includes publishing markets (agents, editors, and publishers) that range from the very well-known to the up-and-coming, to markets you may not have heard of yet. Agents and editors in our database are actively looking for submissions. We target books to literary agents. We target short creative prose and poetry to literary magazines (print journals and some reputable online magazines). Clients MUST be able to submit their work from their homes via mail and online.

We will prepare your specially targeted list of markets ASAP so you can get your submissions in the mail in just a few days!

NOTE: Our Full Service clients also complete a Work Cover checklist so that we can get to know the content and style of their work. However, Full Service clients receive an in-depth review of topics, while A La Carte clients receive a cursory review.

Rates And Pricing Information

One round of A La Carte submissions costs just $100 ($6 shipping and handling for the continental U.S., more for other territories). You will save yourself many hours of tedious, eye-straining research with this proven service.

Are you looking for a service that will save you even more time than our A La Carte Service? We can create your cover or query letters with our A La Carte PLUS Service—OR we can do just about everything for you with our Full Service.

Ready to sign up? Call us toll-free at (866) 405-3003 between 8:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. ET. We’ll securely process your credit card payment and get the ball rolling. We’re looking forward to speaking with you! Have a question? Drop us a line at info@wrelief.com. Or call us at (866) 405-3003.

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